Loraine Boettner

















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Calvinist, Loraine Boettner, explains: “The Arminian limits the atonement as certainly as does the Calvinist. The Calvinist limits the extent of it in that he says it does not apply to all persons...while the Arminian limits the power of it, for he says that in itself it does not actually save anybody. The Calvinist limits it quantitatively, but not qualitatively; the Arminian limits it qualitatively, but not quantitatively. For the Calvinist it is like a narrow bridge that goes all the way across the stream; for the Arminian it is like a great wide bridge that goes only half-way across.” (The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, p.153, emphasis mine)






















Notice how Calvinists reverse the order of salvation. Compare with John 3:16, Romans 10:9 or Ephesians 1:13.